US7817579B2 - Access point having at least one or more configurable radios - Google Patents

Access point having at least one or more configurable radios Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US7817579B2
US7817579B2 US10/812,648 US81264804A US7817579B2 US 7817579 B2 US7817579 B2 US 7817579B2 US 81264804 A US81264804 A US 81264804A US 7817579 B2 US7817579 B2 US 7817579B2
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
physical layer
radio communication
communication protocol
access point
desired radio
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Active, expires
Application number
US10/812,648
Other languages
English (en)
Other versions
US20050213516A1 (en
Inventor
II Jose' Ramirez
Nikhil M. Deshpande
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Apple Inc
Original Assignee
Intel Corp
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Intel Corp filed Critical Intel Corp
Assigned to INTEL CORPORATION reassignment INTEL CORPORATION ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: DESHPANDE, NIKHIL, RAMIREZ II, JOSE
Priority to US10/812,648 priority Critical patent/US7817579B2/en
Priority to CNA2005800067161A priority patent/CN1930823A/zh
Priority to PCT/US2005/009659 priority patent/WO2005099181A2/en
Priority to TW094109313A priority patent/TWI324470B/zh
Priority to MYPI20051359A priority patent/MY143918A/en
Publication of US20050213516A1 publication Critical patent/US20050213516A1/en
Publication of US7817579B2 publication Critical patent/US7817579B2/en
Application granted granted Critical
Assigned to APPLE INC. reassignment APPLE INC. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: INTEL CORPORATION
Active legal-status Critical Current
Adjusted expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Images

Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B1/00—Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups H04B3/00 - H04B13/00; Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
    • H04B1/0003—Software-defined radio [SDR] systems, i.e. systems wherein components typically implemented in hardware, e.g. filters or modulators/demodulators, are implented using software, e.g. by involving an AD or DA conversion stage such that at least part of the signal processing is performed in the digital domain
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B1/00—Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups H04B3/00 - H04B13/00; Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
    • H04B1/005—Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups H04B3/00 - H04B13/00; Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission adapting radio receivers, transmitters andtransceivers for operation on two or more bands, i.e. frequency ranges
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W88/00—Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices
    • H04W88/08—Access point devices

Definitions

  • New radio transmission protocols and standards are continually being developed to implement advances in radio communication technologies. However, as new devices are developed using new radio transmission protocols and standards, legacy devices using older standards still may exist and be viable for a predetermined lifetime that may overlap with the lifetime of the new devices. As a result, for example in wireless local area network equipment, there may be several devices in deployment that may communicate using a wide array of non-compatible radio transmission standards resulting in a fragmentation of which devices are able to communicate with other devices.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram of wireless local area network in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an access point having at least one or more configurable radios in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a flow chart of an operation of an access point having at least one or more configurable radios in accordance with the present invention.
  • An algorithm is here, and generally, considered to be a self-consistent sequence of acts or operations leading to a desired result. These include physical manipulations of physical quantities. Usually, though not necessarily, these quantities take the form of electrical or magnetic signals capable of being stored, transferred, combined, compared, and otherwise manipulated. It has proven convenient at times, principally for reasons of common usage, to refer to these signals as bits, values, elements, symbols, characters, terms, numbers or the like. It should be understood, however, that all of these and similar terms are to be associated with the appropriate physical quantities and are merely convenient labels applied to these quantities.
  • Embodiments of the present invention may include apparatuses for performing the operations herein.
  • This apparatus may be specially constructed for the desired purposes, or it may comprise a general purpose computing device selectively activated or reconfigured by a program stored in the device.
  • a program may be stored on a storage medium, such as, but is not limited to, any type of disk including floppy disks, optical disks, CD-ROMs, magnetic-optical disks, read-only memories (ROMs), random access memories (RAMs), electrically programmable read-only memories (EPROMs), electrically erasable and programmable read only memories (EEPROMs), flash memory, magnetic or optical cards, or any other type of media suitable for storing electronic instructions, and capable of being coupled to a system bus for a computing device.
  • Coupled may mean that two or more elements are in direct physical or electrical contact.
  • coupled may also mean that two or more elements may not be in direct contact with each other, but yet may still cooperate or interact with each other.
  • Radio systems intended to be included within the scope of the present invention include, by way of example only, wireless local area networks (WLAN) devices and wireless wide area network (WWAN) devices including wireless network interface devices and network interface cards (NICs), base stations, access points (APs), gateways, bridges, hubs, cellular radiotelephone communication systems, satellite communication systems, two-way radio communication systems, one-way pagers, two-way pagers, personal communication systems (PCS), personal computers (PCs), personal digital assistants (PDAs), and the like, although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • WLAN wireless local area networks
  • WWAN wireless wide area network
  • NICs network interface cards
  • APs access points
  • gateways gateways
  • bridges bridges
  • hubs hubs
  • cellular radiotelephone communication systems satellite communication systems
  • two-way radio communication systems one-way pagers, two-way pagers
  • PCS personal communication systems
  • PCs personal computers
  • PDAs personal digital assistants
  • Types of wireless communication systems intended to be within the scope of the present invention include, although not limited to, Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) cellular radiotelephone communication systems, Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) cellular radiotelephone systems, North American Digital Cellular (NADC) cellular radiotelephone systems, Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) systems, Extended-TDMA (E-TDMA) cellular radiotelephone systems, third generation (3G) systems like Wide-band CDMA (WCDMA), CDMA-2000, and the like, although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
  • WWAN Wireless Wide Area Network
  • CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
  • GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
  • NADC North American Digital Cellular
  • TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
  • E-TDMA Extended-TDMA
  • 3G third generation
  • WCDMA Wide-band CDMA
  • CDMA-2000 Code Division Multiple Access-2000
  • a mobile unit 110 may include a wireless transceiver 112 to couple to an antenna 118 and to a processor 114 to provide baseband and media access control (MAC) processing functions.
  • Processor 114 in one embodiment may comprise a single processor, or alternatively may comprise a baseband processor and an applications processor, although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • Processor 114 may couple to a memory 116 which may include volatile memory such as DRAM, non-volatile memory such as flash memory, or alternatively may include other types of storage such as a hard disk drive, although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect. Some portion or all of memory 116 may be included on the same integrated circuit as processor 114 , or alternatively some portion or all of memory 116 may be disposed on an integrated circuit or other medium, for example a hard disk drive, that is external to the integrated circuit of processor 114 , although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • volatile memory such as DRAM
  • non-volatile memory such as flash memory
  • other types of storage such as a hard disk drive
  • Mobile unit 110 may communicate with access point 122 via wireless communication link 132 , where access point 122 may include at least one antenna 120 , transceiver 124 , processor 126 , and memory 128 .
  • access point 122 and optionally mobile unit 110 may include two or more antennas, for example to provide a spatial division multiple access (SDMA) system or a multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) system, although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • Access point 122 may couple with network 130 so that mobile unit 110 may communicate with network 130 , including devices coupled to network 130 , by communicating with access point 122 via wireless communication link 132 .
  • SDMA spatial division multiple access
  • MIMO multiple input, multiple output
  • Network 130 may include a public network such as a telephone network or the Internet, or alternatively network 130 may include a private network such as an intranet, or a combination of a public and a private network, although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • Communication between mobile unit 110 and access point 122 may be implemented via a wireless local area network (WLAN), for example a network compliant with a an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standard such as IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, HiperLAN-II, and so on, although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • communication between mobile unit 110 and access point 122 may be at least partially implemented via a cellular communication network compliant with a 3GPP standard, although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • access point 122 may be access point 122 as shown in and described with respect to FIG. 1 .
  • Access point 122 may include a radio frequency (RF) front end 210 which may be utilized, for example, to connect one or more transceivers for example as shown in FIG. 2 as N physical layer blocks PHY (A) 212 , PHY (B) 214 , up to physical layer block PHY (N) 216 , and may include for example switches, filters, impedance matchers, and so on, to connect one or more transmitters and receivers to one or more antennas, although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • RF radio frequency
  • Physical layer blocks 212 , 214 , and 216 may include software defined radio programmable logic blocks 218 , 220 , and 222 to configure the function of the physical layer blocks 212 , 214 , and 216 , for example via programming of programmable logic blocks 218 , 220 , and 222 .
  • Communication using physical layer blocks 212 , 214 , and 216 may be controlled via a media access control (MAC) layer 224 which may include N MAC layer blocks MAC (A) 226 , MAC (B), up to MAC layer block MAC (N) 230 to control corresponding physical layer blocks 212 , 214 , and 216 , although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • MAC media access control
  • radios defined by physical layer blocks 212 , 214 , and 216 , and optionally MAC layer blocks 226 , 228 , and 230 of MAC layer 224 may be programmable in accordance with at least one or more specifications provided by the Software Defined Radio Forum of Denver, Colo., although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • radios defined by PHY blocks 212 , 214 , and 216 may be programmable to implement radio communication in accordance with one or more radio communication standards, for example an IEEE 802.11 standard such as IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n, and so on, a BLUETOOTH® standard, a cellular radio standard such as a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) system, an Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE) standard, a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) standard, an International Telecommunication Union (ITU) standard such as a Third Generation (3G) or a Fourth Generation (4G) mobile communication technology, and so on, although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
  • EDGE Enhanced Data GSM Environment
  • WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
  • ITU International Telecommunication Union
  • access point 122 may be other wireless devices, for example a network interface card, a cellular telephone, a cellular base station, or the like, although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • PHY blocks 212 , 214 , and 216 may have corresponding MAC blocks 226 , 228 , and 230 that may be implemented on a MAC layer integrated circuit.
  • at least a portion of MAC blocks 226 may be implemented at least in part by a processor such as processor 126 of access point 122 , and in another embodiment MAC blocks may be implemented entirely in by processor 126 rather than being implemented on a separate integrated circuit, although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • a configuration processor 234 may couple to PHY blocks 212 , 214 , and 216 , and to SDR logic blocks 218 , 220 , and 222 to configure an arrangement of and to activate PHY blocks 212 , 214 , and 216 .
  • MAC blocks 226 , 228 , and 230 may be optionally programmed and activated by configuration processor 234 to select a desired radio operation.
  • configuration processor 234 may be a separate processor, and in another embodiment of the invention, configuration processor 234 may be implemented in part or in whole by processor 126 of access point 122 , although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • a radio database 240 may couple to configuration processor 234 to store a list of radios supported by and able to be implemented by access point 122 and may include configuration information to arrange PHY blocks 212 , 214 , and 216 , SDR logic blocks 218 , 220 , and 222 , and optionally MAC blocks 226 , 228 , and 230 to implement one or more desired radios, although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • radio database 240 may be stored in part or in whole in memory 128 of access point 122 although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • beacon transceiver 232 may be implemented as a separate transceiver circuit, and alternatively beacon transceiver 232 may be implemented as a transceiver of one or more of PHY blocks 212 , 214 , and 216 , and communicate beacons in accordance with a radio communication standard implemented by one or more of the radios implemented by PHY blocks 212 , 214 , and 216 , although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • Radios defined by PHY blocks 212 , 214 , and 216 , by SDR logic 218 , 220 , and 222 , and by MAC blocks 226 , 228 , and 230 may be coupled to a hub 236 to couple the radios to an Ethernet backbone 238 so that the radios may communicate with a network such as network 130 , although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • hub 236 may implement a switch or additionally may implement a router to function as gateway between two or more networks, although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • an access point having at least one or more configurable radios in accordance with the present invention
  • the operation of an access point as implemented by method 300 of FIG. 3 may be executed on a processor of access point 122 such as processor 126 or configuration processor 234 although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • Beacon transceiver 232 may transmit one or more beacons at block 310 to a potential remote device such as mobile unit 110 .
  • Such a beacon transmission may be transmitted in either a passive mode or in an active mode so that a remote device may receive the beacon and become aware of the presence of access point 122 .
  • the remote device such as mobile unit 110 may transmit a beacon reply to indicate a desire to communicate with access point 122 and which access point may receive at block 312 .
  • the reply transmitted by the remote device may include a desired communication protocol, communication standard, and working parameters to utilize a desired radio operation.
  • configuration processor 234 may check at block 314 whether access point 122 has an existing software defined radio configuration for the desired radio by checking radio database 240 whether the desired radio is supported by access point 122 . A determination is made at block 316 whether the desired radio is supported.
  • configuration processor 234 may connect to a remote server via Ethernet backbone via the Internet or other remote server connected to network 130 .
  • access point may continue to send beacons at block 310 .
  • access point 122 may transmit a reply to the remote device, either in a beacon or in a separate transmission, that access point 122 does not support the desired radio and that the remote device should communicate using another radio standard or protocol.
  • access point 122 may transmit a reply to the remote device indicating which radio protocols or standards that access point 122 supports so that the remote device will know which radio protocol or standard it may use to communicate with access point 122 , although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • one or more new radio arrangements may be downloaded at block 322 , for example from a remote server connected to access point 122 via network 130 which may be, for example, a remote sever connected to the Internet or a local or wide area network, although the scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.
  • configuration processor 234 may compare at block 320 the desired radio to the radios currently implemented by PHY blocks 212 , 214 , and 216 . A determination may be made at block 324 whether at least one of PHY blocks 212 , 214 , and 216 is already configured to operate according to the desired radio protocol or standard, and if so, access point 122 may communicate with the remote device at block 334 using the desired radio.
  • configuration processor 234 may convert at least one of PHY blocks 212 , 214 , and 216 and SDR logic 218 , 220 , and 222 , and optionally at least one of a corresponding MAC block 226 , 228 , or 230 to be arranged to operated according to the desired radio protocol or standard, and the radio may be added to hub 332 .
  • an idle or infrequently utilized one or PHY blocks 212 , 214 , and 216 may be converted to the desired radio protocol or standard at block 328 , and added to hub at block 332 .
  • Access point 122 may then communicate with the remote device at block 334 using the desired radio.

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Mobile Radio Communication Systems (AREA)
  • Transceivers (AREA)
US10/812,648 2004-03-29 2004-03-29 Access point having at least one or more configurable radios Active 2027-12-15 US7817579B2 (en)

Priority Applications (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US10/812,648 US7817579B2 (en) 2004-03-29 2004-03-29 Access point having at least one or more configurable radios
CNA2005800067161A CN1930823A (zh) 2004-03-29 2005-03-24 具有至少一个或多个可配置的无线电的存取点
PCT/US2005/009659 WO2005099181A2 (en) 2004-03-29 2005-03-24 Access point having at least one or more configurable radios
TW094109313A TWI324470B (en) 2004-03-29 2005-03-25 Method, article and apparatus for radio communication
MYPI20051359A MY143918A (en) 2004-03-29 2005-03-28 Access point having at least one or more configurable radios

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US10/812,648 US7817579B2 (en) 2004-03-29 2004-03-29 Access point having at least one or more configurable radios

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
US20050213516A1 US20050213516A1 (en) 2005-09-29
US7817579B2 true US7817579B2 (en) 2010-10-19

Family

ID=34963543

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US10/812,648 Active 2027-12-15 US7817579B2 (en) 2004-03-29 2004-03-29 Access point having at least one or more configurable radios

Country Status (5)

Country Link
US (1) US7817579B2 (zh)
CN (1) CN1930823A (zh)
MY (1) MY143918A (zh)
TW (1) TWI324470B (zh)
WO (1) WO2005099181A2 (zh)

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20100113006A1 (en) * 2008-11-04 2010-05-06 2Wire, Inc. Cell calibration
WO2013001483A1 (en) 2011-06-30 2013-01-03 Renesas Mobile Corporation Processor arrangement for multi mode wireless device
US8971808B2 (en) 2011-06-30 2015-03-03 Broadcom Corporation Processor arrangement for multi mode wireless device
US10225851B2 (en) 2017-04-14 2019-03-05 Intel Corporation Multi-cast long range low power access point
US11852713B1 (en) 2023-03-23 2023-12-26 Link Labs, Inc. Real-time location system using dual wireless communications protocols in a time difference of arrival framework for ranging between nodes
US11877233B1 (en) 2023-03-23 2024-01-16 Link Labs, Inc. Real-time location system for selectively coordinating operative wireless communications protocols when ranging between supporting nodes

Families Citing this family (19)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE102004015861B4 (de) * 2004-03-31 2006-02-09 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale Rahmengestützte MAC-Steuerung in WLAN-Kommunikationseinrichtungen
US7970374B2 (en) * 2005-10-03 2011-06-28 Broadcom Corporation Multi-wideband communications over power lines
US7929458B1 (en) * 2006-01-24 2011-04-19 Rockwell Collins, Inc. Organizational and control mechanism for spectrally-efficient management of dynamic socket waveforms
TW200742462A (en) * 2006-04-21 2007-11-01 Univ Nat Tsing Hua Method for reconfiguring mobility platform and device using the same
CN101193351B (zh) * 2006-11-20 2011-02-16 华为技术有限公司 多制式基站及其信息处理方法和无线通信系统
US7920823B2 (en) * 2006-12-08 2011-04-05 Microsoft Corporation System capability discovery for software defined radio
EP1947872B1 (en) * 2007-01-22 2014-04-16 Alcatel Lucent Software defined radio base station and configuration method
US8050708B2 (en) * 2007-04-12 2011-11-01 Harris Corporation Option management in a software-defined radio
US8085834B2 (en) * 2008-04-30 2011-12-27 Infineon Technologies Ag System partitioning for multi-mobile devices
US20100017686A1 (en) * 2008-05-07 2010-01-21 Michael Luby Fast channel zapping and high quality streaming protection over a broadcast channel
TW200950362A (en) * 2008-05-30 2009-12-01 Asustek Comp Inc Circuit board integrating a TV box and a wireless communication cartridge
WO2010127082A1 (en) * 2009-05-01 2010-11-04 Raytheon Company Configuring radios
JP5720617B2 (ja) * 2012-04-18 2015-05-20 横河電機株式会社 管理装置及び通信システム
US9565627B2 (en) * 2014-04-28 2017-02-07 Aruba Networks, Inc. Distributed radio management
US10432461B2 (en) 2015-12-04 2019-10-01 T-Mobile Usa, Inc. Peer-to-peer distribution of radio protocol data for software defined radio (SDR) updates
US10091830B2 (en) 2015-12-04 2018-10-02 T-Mobile Usa, Inc. Hub device
US10257165B2 (en) 2016-09-30 2019-04-09 T-Mobile Usa, Inc. Dynamic provisioning of a firewall role to user devices
US10616776B2 (en) 2016-09-30 2020-04-07 T-Mobile Usa, Inc. Dynamic provisioning of a gateway role to user devices
US10362482B2 (en) 2016-12-21 2019-07-23 T-Mobile Usa, Inc. Network operation and trusted execution environment

Citations (12)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6088591A (en) * 1996-06-28 2000-07-11 Aironet Wireless Communications, Inc. Cellular system hand-off protocol
US6128490A (en) * 1997-05-08 2000-10-03 Nortel Networks Limited Wireless communication system that supports selection of operation from multiple frequency bands and multiple protocols and method of operation therefor
US6167032A (en) * 1997-11-07 2000-12-26 International Business Machines Corporation System and method for avoiding host transmit underruns in a communication network
US6188898B1 (en) * 1996-12-23 2001-02-13 Nortel Networks Limited Mobile communications network
US6259898B1 (en) * 1998-05-05 2001-07-10 Telxon Corporation Multi-communication access point
US20020080728A1 (en) * 2000-11-03 2002-06-27 Sugar Gary L. Wideband multi-protocol wireless radio transceiver system
US20020090001A1 (en) * 1999-01-25 2002-07-11 Beckwith Robert W. Wireless communications hub with protocol conversion
US20020181559A1 (en) * 2001-05-31 2002-12-05 Quicksilver Technology, Inc. Adaptive, multimode rake receiver for dynamic search and multipath reception
US20030235167A1 (en) * 2002-06-25 2003-12-25 Stephen Kuffner Multiple mode RF communication device
US6671509B1 (en) * 1998-06-26 2003-12-30 Kokusai Electric Co., Ltd. Mobile communication unit and mobile communication system
US20040051664A1 (en) * 2002-09-17 2004-03-18 Frank Ed H. Method and system for location based configuration of a wireless access point (WAP) and an access device in a hybrid wired/wireless network
US20040196812A1 (en) * 2003-04-07 2004-10-07 Instant802 Networks Inc. Multi-band access point with shared processor

Patent Citations (12)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6088591A (en) * 1996-06-28 2000-07-11 Aironet Wireless Communications, Inc. Cellular system hand-off protocol
US6188898B1 (en) * 1996-12-23 2001-02-13 Nortel Networks Limited Mobile communications network
US6128490A (en) * 1997-05-08 2000-10-03 Nortel Networks Limited Wireless communication system that supports selection of operation from multiple frequency bands and multiple protocols and method of operation therefor
US6167032A (en) * 1997-11-07 2000-12-26 International Business Machines Corporation System and method for avoiding host transmit underruns in a communication network
US6259898B1 (en) * 1998-05-05 2001-07-10 Telxon Corporation Multi-communication access point
US6671509B1 (en) * 1998-06-26 2003-12-30 Kokusai Electric Co., Ltd. Mobile communication unit and mobile communication system
US20020090001A1 (en) * 1999-01-25 2002-07-11 Beckwith Robert W. Wireless communications hub with protocol conversion
US20020080728A1 (en) * 2000-11-03 2002-06-27 Sugar Gary L. Wideband multi-protocol wireless radio transceiver system
US20020181559A1 (en) * 2001-05-31 2002-12-05 Quicksilver Technology, Inc. Adaptive, multimode rake receiver for dynamic search and multipath reception
US20030235167A1 (en) * 2002-06-25 2003-12-25 Stephen Kuffner Multiple mode RF communication device
US20040051664A1 (en) * 2002-09-17 2004-03-18 Frank Ed H. Method and system for location based configuration of a wireless access point (WAP) and an access device in a hybrid wired/wireless network
US20040196812A1 (en) * 2003-04-07 2004-10-07 Instant802 Networks Inc. Multi-band access point with shared processor

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20100113006A1 (en) * 2008-11-04 2010-05-06 2Wire, Inc. Cell calibration
WO2013001483A1 (en) 2011-06-30 2013-01-03 Renesas Mobile Corporation Processor arrangement for multi mode wireless device
US8971808B2 (en) 2011-06-30 2015-03-03 Broadcom Corporation Processor arrangement for multi mode wireless device
US10225851B2 (en) 2017-04-14 2019-03-05 Intel Corporation Multi-cast long range low power access point
US11852713B1 (en) 2023-03-23 2023-12-26 Link Labs, Inc. Real-time location system using dual wireless communications protocols in a time difference of arrival framework for ranging between nodes
US11877233B1 (en) 2023-03-23 2024-01-16 Link Labs, Inc. Real-time location system for selectively coordinating operative wireless communications protocols when ranging between supporting nodes

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
MY143918A (en) 2011-07-29
US20050213516A1 (en) 2005-09-29
CN1930823A (zh) 2007-03-14
TWI324470B (en) 2010-05-01
WO2005099181A2 (en) 2005-10-20
TW200539638A (en) 2005-12-01
WO2005099181A3 (en) 2006-03-02

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US7817579B2 (en) Access point having at least one or more configurable radios
US9210648B2 (en) Multiple mode support in a wireless local area network
EP1757040B1 (en) Open and extensible framework for ubiquitous radio management and services in heterogeneous wireless networks
US7072326B2 (en) Network connectivity system and method
EP1616416B1 (en) Wireless communication device supporting multiple regulatory domains
US7522571B2 (en) Techniques to enable direct link discovery in a wireless local area network
US7245877B2 (en) Wireless local area network detection
CN1989737A (zh) 用于为混合的无线网络管理介质访问的方法
US20220229709A1 (en) Efficient operations of components in a wireless communications device
WO2005125245A1 (en) Apparatus and method capable of wireless communication at a plurality of performance levels
CN101461208A (zh) 使用以高码率代码编码的码字的无线通信
US20070110011A1 (en) Mobile communication apparatus for operation in a wireless local area network
US7944890B2 (en) Using windows specified object identifiers (OIDs) for an antenna steering algorithm
US20230397287A1 (en) Context fetch procedure for inactive direct data transmission

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
AS Assignment

Owner name: INTEL CORPORATION, CALIFORNIA

Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:RAMIREZ II, JOSE;DESHPANDE, NIKHIL;REEL/FRAME:015174/0145

Effective date: 20040325

STCF Information on status: patent grant

Free format text: PATENTED CASE

CC Certificate of correction
FPAY Fee payment

Year of fee payment: 4

MAFP Maintenance fee payment

Free format text: PAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE FEE, 8TH YEAR, LARGE ENTITY (ORIGINAL EVENT CODE: M1552)

Year of fee payment: 8

AS Assignment

Owner name: APPLE INC., CALIFORNIA

Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:INTEL CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:052414/0001

Effective date: 20191130

MAFP Maintenance fee payment

Free format text: PAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE FEE, 12TH YEAR, LARGE ENTITY (ORIGINAL EVENT CODE: M1553); ENTITY STATUS OF PATENT OWNER: LARGE ENTITY

Year of fee payment: 12